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Getting Started as a Publisher

Welcome. As a publisher, you turn your audience's zero-party signals into recurring revenue without selling user data. This guide gets you from signup to first signal fire in under thirty minutes.

What you'll learn

  • How publisher accounts work
  • How to configure your first channel
  • How to verify your domain
  • How to fire your first signal
  • What happens after the signal sells

Step 1: Sign up

Visit app.siedata.dev/signup, choose Publisher, and confirm your email. You start at Seed tier with no minimum volume.

Step 2: Configure a channel

A channel is the property where signals come from — your website, newsletter, app, or community. Open Channels → New and tell SIE:

  • Domain (or app bundle ID)
  • Audience size and topics covered
  • How users opt in (newsletter, account, quiz, etc.)

Step 3: Verify the domain

We give you a TXT record. Add it to DNS — the dashboard polls every minute and flips green when it sees the record. Domain verification protects payouts from fraud.

Step 4: Install the CMP

SIE collects signals only with proper consent (TCF v2.2 in Europe, opt-in elsewhere). Drop our consent management script on your site — see CMP Install for the script tag and verification steps.

Step 5: Fire your first signal

Once consent is captured, signals fire automatically based on what your visitors do — page views, form submits, content consumed. Open Signals → Live feed to see them roll in. You'll usually see your first signal within 10 minutes of CMP install.

SIE classifies signals against the public catalog — 453 Intent Signals, 199 currently live. You don't configure rules; the system decides which signal a behavior maps to.

After the signal sells

When a buyer reveals one of your signals, your earnings tile updates within an hour. Payouts run monthly via Stripe Connect. Tier and rate depend on volume and quality — see Revenue Share.

What's next?